Canada’s renowned center for clay hosts a celebration of some of the most compelling recent ceramic art. On view in Toronto from June 8 to 18.
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Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Celebrates 27th Edition in Toronto
The 2023 festival includes public art by Genesis Báez, Seif Kousmate, and Hélène Amouzou visualizing intersections of land, migration, and imagination.
Onsite Gallery Presents more-than-human
The media artworks in this show at Toronto’s OCAD University tell a tale of symbiosis, intersections, and more-than-human relationality.
The Biggest Shitshow Ever, Literally
Oh Shit! retraces the historical arc of feces from ancient Rome to the sewage challenges and potential innovations of the 21st century.
Barbie’s Pink World Order
Entering World of Barbie felt like stepping through Oz, but the Oz that is Barbie: a James Turrell Ganzfeld-like diffusion of hyper-femme magenta pink.
In Praise of the Exhibition Catalogue
Shary Boyle’s Outside the Palace of Me exhibition catalogue provides viewers with experiences that an in-person visit cannot.
Layoffs of Senior Staff Throw Canada’s National Gallery Into Turmoil
Greg A. Hill, a senior curator of Indigenous art, was among the top officials who lost their jobs.
Canadian City Clashes With Artist Over a Park’s Racist History
The city of Calgary commissioned artist Annie Wong to create a site-specific work addressing the problematic history of James Short Park. So why was it taken down after four days?
Rodney Graham, Who Bridged the Absurd and Conceptual, Dies at 73
During his more than 50-year-long career, Graham pushed the limits of documentary and fiction.
Artists Parody Toronto’s Failing Infrastructure With Museum Labels
A broken water fountain, a chopped-off tree, and an unusable garbage can are all attributed to Mayor John Tory in two artists’ satirical wall-label art piece.
Canadian Museums Association Urges Repatriation of Indigenous Objects
The report estimates that 6.7 million Indigenous objects and human remains continue to be held in Canadian institutions, most of which do not have formal repatriation policies.
Collective Resignation of Board Members Shakes Toronto’s Power Plant Gallery
A total of 24 board members stepped down from their posts after the art center’s parent company allegedly attempted to terminate 12 of their colleagues.